We assisted SIA Novadu Ziņas, which publishes the regional newspaper Neatkarīgās Tukuma Ziņas, to address the Competition Council regarding suspicion of a violation of the principle of neutrality in competition in municipal operations and creating advantages for another regional newspaper. The principle of neutrality in competition is a norm that was included in the Competition […]
We provided legal assistance to event planning association “Šarmants” in a dispute over intellectual property. The core of the dispute concerns rights to the concept of an event – a matter that Latvian case law has paid little regard to. The client was advised by partner Andris Tauriņš.
Sorainen helped SIA “Novadu Ziņas” – the publisher of Neatkarīgās Tukuma Ziņas – successfully defend their interests before the Latvian Media Ethics council regarding ethics violations committed by the publisher “Tukuma Balss”. Breaches of the Code of Ethics On 18 June 2020, in light of a complaint submitted by SIA “Novadu Ziņas”, the Board […]
We successfully defended the interests of racing organiser National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) in disputes over registration of the NASCAR trademark in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. With the help of our team, the company managed to protect its NASCAR trademark and to invalidate designations of the international registration of an identical trademark […]
We consulted the VEFRESH association, which combines leading technology businesses regarding options to establish an urban smart solution testing area in the VEF district. VEFRESH Association This movement has brought together Latvian companies to jointly promote innovation development in the historical VEF district and its surrounds. The VEF area will turn into a smart-city testing […]
